A Bit of Fun Sainsbury's no go on new builds

[Smiffy]

Sainsbury cannot build jack ***** at the moment anyway.

There is no deal for Prospects and any CPO process would take a couple of years. Not to mention no planning agreement for the stadium build anyway.

They will either have to scale down the project or admit defeat...

The days of them handing over the odd £100k for tax bills are now over. Crunch time folks...

 

[MK Shrimper]

If the club disapears up the wazoo, what's to stop Sainsburys developing Roots into a supermarket? It surely would be in their interest for the club to fold.

 

[Smiffy]

If the club disapears up the wazoo, what's to stop Sainsburys developing Roots into a supermarket? It surely would be in their interest for the club to fold.

It is an interesting one.

As the covenant states they cannot open a new store on RH until the football club (SUFC) has been relocated.

But, what if there is no football club....

Anyhow, without Prospects and the shops/flats on board, they can't build so much as a trolley park anyway. Deals need to be sorted with all of the above or they may have to call it quits and take the hit, as the original article details.

 

[chapperzUK]

If the club disapears up the wazoo, what's to stop Sainsburys developing Roots into a supermarket? It surely would be in their interest for the club to fold.

Its not the club they have the problem with, it's the surrounding properties.

 

[RHB]

None of us know the hard facts, we just have our opinions. I used to be confident because at one point it was said that Sainsbury's believed this would be their most profitable store in the country- but that was a few years ago and things are changing.

For what it is worth I recently heard from the Manager at Tesco, Prince Avenue, that his store was out-performing all other Tesco stores in the South East in terms of profit & turnover, regardless of size. Kind of suggests why Sainsburys have hung on in there, and will continue to do so, I think.

 

[Mr Plow]

What are they building then at the old B&Q site if Tesco have pulled out? They've painted it blue so I assumed Tesco are still having a store there.

 

[shrimperhosk]

What are they building then at the old B&Q site if Tesco have pulled out? They've painted it blue so I assumed Tesco are still having a store there.

Its going to be a discount garden style centre.

Tesco didnt pull out they changed the plans then had the plan rejected (they no longer wanted to build the houses)

 

[Smiffy]

Its going to be a discount garden style centre.

Tesco didnt pull out they changed the plans then had the plan rejected (they no longer wanted to build the houses)

Not quite.

It is a Range outlet. Which is a cheap home furnishing chain. There is one at Lakeside.

And opens in the next couple of weeks, much to my missus excitement. :facepalm:

 

[Barry.C]

I will have to wait a bit longer then to know whether to buy or sell Sainsbury shares, oh and Buy Stobarts for Southend airport development doing well and sell pork bellies?

 

[paul75]

I have heard from a source that works for sainsburys doing repairs that the southend superstore is having no more expensive repairs as they are looking to move in to roots hall by 2015 but we will have to see.

 

[LennySUFC]

I have heard from a source that works for sainsburys doing repairs that the southend superstore is having no more expensive repairs as they are looking to move in to roots hall by 2015 but we will have to see.

Make that no repairs at all! Work there myself before uni, (and now during holidays), and our fridges and freezers would break everyday and never seem to be replaced properly.. have always had a feeling as to why the dont replace them!

 

[Rob1920]

Whatever the ins and outs of this are, we could certainly do with a moral boosting 'diggers will be on-site by Christmas..' message from he with the golden mane. Its been a while since the last one and it does cheer us all up a bit. For a week or two.

 

[OldBlueLady]

The existing Sainsbury in Southend is no longer fit for purpose, to have a presence in the Southend borough this development is a LOT more important to Sainsbury than some of you seem to think.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

The existing Sainsbury in Southend is no longer fit for purpose, to have a presence in the Southend borough this development is a LOT more important to Sainsbury than some of you seem to think.

Agreed, we used to shop there but in the last couple of years in my opinion it has gone 'downhill'. On the rare occasion we venture in there these days, it always seems half empty, compared to Morrisons in Hadleigh (lot cheaper as well).

 

[Jai]

Indeed. I can't see Sainsbury's giving up on Roots Hall. The site is the gateway to the biggest town in the East of England, and would be immensely profitable for them I would have thought.

 

[1960Shrimper]

In today's Daily Mail ( Page 75 ) it states that ' Sainsbury's have decided not to build supermarkets at 15-20 edge-of -town sites due to a change in planning laws', as we already have planning permission, I assume it won't affect us?

 

[Jam_Man]

The existing Sainsbury in Southend is no longer fit for purpose, to have a presence in the Southend borough this development is a LOT more important to Sainsbury than some of you seem to think.

Certainly when you have the Tesco store at Strawberry Fields and Waitrose up by Fossetts.

Reading yesterday as all supermarkets are struggling to justify having massive stores now but as you say Sainsbury have very little presence in Southend.

 

[chapperzUK]

Certainly when you have the Tesco store at Strawberry Fields and Waitrose up by Fossetts.

Reading yesterday as all supermarkets are struggling to justify having massive stores now but as you say Sainsbury have very little presence in Southend.

Might have read the same thing as you or something similar, but it also mentioned Sainsburys changed their strategy a year or 2 ago and decided to have more convenient stores than massive supermarkets.

 

[gpd]

"Evening" Echo reporting in todays paper "Sainsbury's still in" p13 quoting a Sainsbury spokesperson saying "We are still in negotiations about this site the details of which are commercially confidential. We remain committed to the project. Once we are in a position to say more we will update the local community." ....and now over to the cynics......:-)

 

[SUFCFANS]

"Evening" Echo reporting in todays paper "Sainsbury's still in" p13 quoting a Sainsbury spokesperson saying "We are still in negotiations about this site the details of which are commercially confidential. We remain committed to the project. Once we are in a position to say more we will update the local community." ....and now over to the cynics......:-)

Phew!!!! So back to where we were then..